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Saturday, 1 November 2008

CHOC STIX - 1960'S

These sweets were popular when I was primary school age in the mid 60's. Most newsagents and confectioners in Dundee had them.
The twisted rope part was made of hard toffee and the centre was filled with chocolate all it's length. They were good value for money because of how big they were, (the full size of a sweet jar), which meant they lasted ages, like a stick of rock.

48 comments:

  1. Does anybody remember who made the choc stix ?

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  2. Can you still buy these?? If so where??

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    1. If only!!!! ... (smiles) ..

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  3. I don't think they make them anymore, although I've not done any research on it!

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  4. I loved these! I didn't think I'd ever see one again ... just seeing the photo makes me my mouth water!

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    1. Know what you mean. I have tried so many times to describe these sweets to people, I felt that I was the only one remembering them. Let's hope we see them in our shops again Soooon

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    2. Me too I've been looking for years as I forgot what they called them.i wish they would bring them back i loved calling at the village sweet shop coming home from school

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  5. Loved them - even Mr. Simms doesn't stock them, so they've completely disappeared. They were always in a jar next to the tall barley sugar sticks in our local sweetshop.

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  6. Been looking for these for ages, hubbys favourite but unobtainable so far, a bit like Smedleys cook your own sausage rolls in a tin !

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  7. I loved these aleays wondered why they disappeared

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  8. I think you'll find that is ALL WAYS .

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    1. Always if you want to be grammatically correct

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  9. I oved them when I was at school in the 60s same with Cray Dunn caramel wafers they stopped making them 20 years ago how time flies I can still reme.bet my mum getting them from Hillards up Hill road

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    1. Thank you I've told people over the years and thay didn't know what I was on about I feel so happy with all the memories you all have so I wasn't dreaming it lol

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  11. Oh how I loved these!! Just a happy sweetie memory...

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  12. They were great ,used to get them from Boots in 50s

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  13. I got a choc stix and a Barley sugar stick for my weekly sweets - better than a 1/4 lb
    of sweets as they lasted longer.

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  14. I remember Trevor Choc Sticks they were 3D in the old money. I would love to have one today.

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  15. I wrote to manufactuters last year and although got a reply i think the girl that dealt with it wasnt too sure what they were,like others on here still miss them

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  16. MY FAVOURITE AS A CHILD

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  17. My hubby's favourite looking on Amazon to no avail,would've loved to have surprised him with them😪

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  18. I feel we need to petition Trebor to bring these back, be a brill stocking filler for those that remember them, my hubby included

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  19. Oh my! I never thought I'd see one of these ever again. These were my favourites. Definitely petition time! I would buy these every day!

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  20. Me too, loved choc stix wish I knew where to get them.

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  21. Can I still buy choc sticks

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  22. What a surprise to find all these choc stix fans! I adored them, such good value for money too, lasted ages. Happy days - teeth paying for it now though!

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  23. So relieved I’ve found this! Been trying to describe to my husband, who’s had no idea what I’m on about!! Remember buying these in the 60s!!

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  24. Oooh......Used to love those Chocstix, still talk about them now to my (adult) kids, have always missed them.

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  25. Can You Still Buy Choc Stix

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  26. No I don't think anybody makes them anymore. In fact I don't even recall seeing them in the 70's.

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  27. I would be up to petitioning to bring them back 🙏

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  28. My favourite too

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  29. I support that I’m 70 years old and remember them like yesterday special the crinkle orange paper

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  30. Cant believe that I havent googled this till now. I have looked in every old fashioned sweet shop I have been in. I can clise my eyes and taste it. I would definately buy them if they made them again.

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  31. My grandma had a shop when I was young and she sold loads of Choc stick and Barley sugar sticks. One day a little girl asked for a barley sugar stick and my gran got a but tongue tied and called it a sharley bugar stick and the little girl told her she'd said a naughty word.

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  32. I used to buy these in the 1960's. I loved them. They were usually found in the sweet shop next to the tall barley sugar twists in a tall glass jar. Same length as the barley sugar twists.

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    1. Love these best sweet ever in the 60,s

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  33. I used to absolutely love these! Over the years I've tried describing them to people but no-one had ever heard of them. Even people I grew up with. I was beginning to think I'd imagined them! If these were still made I'd order enough to last me the rest of my life...lol

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  34. Thought the wife and I were the only two people who remembered these , come on Trebor start producing these gems again

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  35. Thank you all, I remember them from when I was in primary school too. They sold them in a jar in the pharmacy though not in a sweet shop, next to the jar of barley sugar sticks. Such a lovely memory, they were gorgeous!??

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